Evaluation of the performance of advantage P.f. malaria Card® and advantage malaria Pan + Pf Card®, two rapid diagnostic tests for parasitological confirmation of malaria cases in field situation in Togo

Table 3 RDTs' diagnostic classification using TTBS and PCR as the reference methods

	Microscopy as reference method						PCR as reference method
	Low parasitemia^a		High parasitemia^a		Total
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
Advantage Malaria P.f. card®
Positive	125	8	76	9	201	9	202	5
Negative	16	157	2	161	18	162	38	138
Advantage Malaria Pan + Pf Card
Positive	124	8	76	9	200	9	201	5
Negative	17	157	2	161	19	162	39	138

^aLow parasitemia = 50–100 asexual parasitemia/µl, high parasitemia = 2000–10000 asexual parasitemia/µl

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